
Raw Charge Today the IIHF Men's World Championships begin in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland (dual hosts again this year). This year five Tampa Bay Lightning players are participating: Ben Bishop, Matt Carle, and Nate Thompson for the USA, Steven Stamkos for Canada, and goaltending prospect Jaroslav Janus for Slovakia. Contrary to rumors, prospect Andrey Vasilevskiy is not playing for Team Russia in the tournament,. Teams from 16 countries are divided into two groups for the round-robin-style first round. This year one group is competing in Stockholm (including Canada and Sweden) and...
Tampa Bay Lightning May 3, 2013
Mile High Hockey USA Hockey announced today that Avalanche center Paul Stastny has been given the captaincy for the 2013 U.S. Men's National Team in the upcoming IIHF World Championships. Matt Carle and Nate Thompson of the Tampa Bay Lightning will be the alternate captains. Stastny has a long and storied history with USA Hockey. He's played on Team USA on three separate occasions, including the 2010 Olympic team. He and his teammates took the silver in that contest after a surprising run to the gold medal game and an exciting overtime finish. Stastny also represented the United States in the 2007 and ...
Colorado Avalanche May 3, 2013St. Petersburg Times The Lightning on Thursday had three players named to the initial group of 15 who will play for the United States at next month's world championship in Sweden and Finland: goaltender Ben Bishop, center Nate Thompson and defenseman Matt Carle.
Tampa Bay Lightning April 25, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Matt Carle's point streak now stands at five games and seven points (one goal, six assists) after he picked up a helper in Sunday's loss to the Capitals.
April 7, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Matt Carle scored a goal and added an assist in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Islanders. He is currently riding a four-game, six-point (one goal, five assists) streak.
April 7, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Matt Carle picked up two assists Thursday in a win over Carolina and has now notched helpers in three straight games.
April 5, 2013
Broad Street Hockey *Two points that the Flyers desperately needed were left in Florida last night. I blame Matt Carle. Recaps! BSH, CSN Philly, Philly.com, Flyers.com *In case you hadn't noticed, the Flyers dump-and-chase way too much. Let's talk about it. (Flyers Faithful) *Everyone hates the NBCSN broadcast team. Thankfully those of us in Philly didn't have to deal with it last night. (Raw Charge) *Now the Kimmo has that 1,000th game in his pocket, let's look back at his old headshots. (Flyers) *The playoff race in both conferences is incredibly tight. (SB Nation) *Homer isn't going anywhere. Allegedly...
Philadelphia Flyers March 19, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Matt Carle snapped a 12-game point drought with an assist in Saturday's win over Carolina. It was his 10th point of the season.
March 17, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy After being held off the scoresheet Tuesday against New Jersey, Matt Carle hasn't picked up a point in the last eight games.
March 6, 2013Raw Charge One thing that was consistent int eh 1st period of tonight's New York Rangers / Tampa Bay Lightning tilt was the wide open game where both teams seems to throw the puck around and turn it over. That was how it was for a time just over a week ago when the Rangers played the Lightning at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. It looked to be the same way tonight. The difference was, soem of the brutal turnovers last week didn't result in goals for either team. This time around? You can't say the same. Defenseman Matt Carle... Well, let me put it simply, he had a gaffe. A gaffe that led to Ryan Callaha...
Tampa Bay Lightning February 10, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Matt Carle set up both Bolts' goals in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Rangers. One of the helpers came on the power play where he has a point in each of the last two games.
February 3, 2013